Paris Saint-Germain are ready to swoop for Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata in January write Steve Bates and Dave Kidd of the Sunday People .

After failing to land the unsettled Spaniard in the summer the French champions have made Mata a transfer priority once the window re-opens with wealthy president Nasser Al-Khelaifi sanctioning a £35million move.

But staying put at Stamford Bridge for next season will be the Chelsea old guard – with boss Jose Mourinho telling John Terry Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole they are wanted.

That will be reassuring news for Terry whose Blues place was believed to be in jeopardy with Mourinho openly courting Porto centre-half Nicholas Otamendi.